Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port of Spain

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Port of Spain

Archidioecesis Metropolitae Portus Hispaniae
Location
Country Trinidad and Tobago
Ecclesiastical provincePort of Spain
Statistics
Area5,128 sq mi (13,280 km2)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
1,310,000
340,000 (26%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
EstablishedApril 30, 1850 (174 years ago)
CathedralCathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Port of Spain
Patron saintImmaculate Conception
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopCharles Jason Gordon
Vicar GeneralFr. Martin Sirju
Bishops emeritusJoseph Everard Harris, CSSp
Edward Joseph Gilbert, CSsR
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Port of Spain (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Portus Hispaniae) is a metropolitan diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The archdiocese encompasses the entirety of the former Spanish dependency of Trinidad, including the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The archdiocese is the Metropolitan responsible for the suffragan Dioceses of Bridgetown, Georgetown, Paramaribo and Willemstad, and is a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.

The diocese of Port of Spain was originally erected as a vicariate apostolic in 1818 and elevated to an archdiocese in April 1830.